Athlon Silver 7120C vs Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2808not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency0.61no data
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release dateDecember 2006 (17 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache512K1 MB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography90 nm6 nm
Die size220 mm2no data
Number of transistors227 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketAM2no data
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120C has a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 5600+ and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 5600+ is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook one.


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AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
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